New Stations for Bikeshare Program

The Capital Bikeshare program in D.C. was launched last September./Courtesy Photo

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) has announced 32 new Capital Bikeshsare locations that are slated for installation in the fall. The installations, which will include the addition of 265 bikes, will comprise the first major expansion of the system in the District since the project was launched nearly a year ago, according to a DDOT statement.

"We are grateful for the enormous support Capital Bikeshare has received throughout the past 10 months and are very pleased to release the final list of new station locations for the District of Columbia," Terry Bellamy, DDOT director, said in the statement. "With this expansion we will not only increase the overall reach of the system, but we will expand the program's capacity by 22 percent in the downtown area, by 80 percent in our East of the River operations and by an average of 38 percent throughout each of the additional Wards."

The decision to add more stations was determined following an assessment of current needs and conditions in various geographic areas and their potential for sustained Bikeshare usage and growth.

According to DDOT, in addtion to public feedback, some of the criteria used to locate the new stations included proximity to activity centers, proximity to high-demand existing stations, solar accessibility, and minimum space and surface requirements.